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In this chapter, the structure and the specific research areas of the German DFG-Priority Program “Competence Models for Assessing Individual Learning Outcomes and Evaluating Educational Processes” are briefly described, in order to provide a background for the following chapters, which describe various individual projects of this Priority Program. The chapters have been organized into six thematic parts.
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The preparation of this chapter was supported by grants KL 1057/9–1 to 9–3 and LE 645/11–1 to 11–3 from the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the Priority Program “Competence Models for Assessing Individual Learning Outcomes and Evaluating Educational Processes” (SPP 1293). The chapter is based on papers by Fleischer et al. (2012, 2013), Klieme and Leutner (2006), Koeppen et al. (2008), and Leutner et al. (2013).
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Leutner, D., Fleischer, J., Grünkorn, J., Klieme, E. (2017). Competence Assessment in Education: An Introduction. In: Leutner, D., Fleischer, J., Grünkorn, J., Klieme, E. (eds) Competence Assessment in Education. Methodology of Educational Measurement and Assessment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50030-0_1
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